The LA Times have an interesting interview with Jack Coleman, who plays Noah (HRG) Bennet in Heroes:
Truthfully, would you rather have the splintered story lines or the group/team format?
In terms of story formats, I think the way to go is a combination of global stories about many people at the same time, with the occasional foray into a smaller, more specific story, which sheds light on a particular character or event. This show can’t lose it’s macro focus, however rewarding the micro episodes may be.
If you could change one thing about your character, what would it be? Why?
If I could change one thing about my character it would to make him irresistible to Swedish supermodels — to match my personal life. Truthfully, there is precious little I would change about this part. I’m having the time of my life.
What’s the most surprising thing that’s happened to you as a result of the show’s popularity?
The most surprising thing that has happened to me as a result of this show is to find myself with Hayden and Adrian and Milo on a Paris street in front of 6,000 screaming fans and thinking … a year and a half ago I was hoping the show would get picked up and my part might recur. Adrian actually turned to me and said, “Not bad for a couple of old war horses.”
If you had to have a powers-based showdown with another character on the show, who would defeat you?
If I had a powers-based showdown with any other character on the show, I would lose to every last one of them, with the possible exception of Suresh. My character could give him a fatal dose of the creeps, but his insistent refrain of honoring his “father’s research,” in the end, would most likely bring me to my knees.